Illuminated sign.



No. 885,831. PATENTED APR. 28,1908;

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ILLUMINATED SIGN.

A PPLIGATIOH FILED JULY 25. 190'?- g) WITNESSES: 7

[ NI ED snares PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BOOTH, OF EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY.

ILLU INATED srcm.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I ,W1LL1AM BOOTH, a citizen of the United States, and a residentfof Edgewater, in the county of Ber on and 5 State of New Jersey, have invente certain newand useful Improvements in Illuminated source of illumination may have been effect-- ively screened from the observer, still the refiection, particularly from a smooth ainted sign, has caused the rays to be director downward from the sign directly. into the eves of the observer so as to cause a glare and thus to spoil the best sign-effects, By locating the light at the bottom of the sign, it is obvione that the direction of the rays upon reflection from the sign itself will be outward and upward,butnot downward, so that the lare from. reflection will be effectively chec ed v -Moreover, by inclining the sign sllghtly from the vertical it has been found that the best light effects are produced without any glare.

The invention will be more'fully described 35 hereinafter in connection wit the accompanying drawing in which,

F1 ure 1 is a view inelevation of a sign embodymg the improvements. Fi 2 is a transverse section ofthe same, the ine of sec- The letters or characters-wthe sign proper are painted, secured-or otherwise 60 formed upon an inclined member 11 of the specificatlon ot Letters Patent. Application filed 31.113635, 1907. Serial No. 385,41!

articularly 'such as painted signs wedge-s tion being indicated by-the broken line 2--2.

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sign frame 0, which-member may be curved as shown in Fig. 2 or straight as shown in Fi 1-3. The source of illumination. me. be or inarilyelectric li ht incandescent be b?! d and this source ofillumination is located be =s= low the letters or characters of the si ti and preferably at the base of the inclinefim-fi er b; In this way, it'will be obse ticularly from Fig. 2' that thedireet reflected rays, as indicated byj'thjfi'f 7 lines in Fig. 2, will be upward and outward, but not downward and thus the best illumi z nating'efi'ects will be produced without the objectionable glare. i I

It is preferable to em in a curved mom-1.361 ber B inasmuch as the 'glit effect may be. more evenly distributed, thecurvature, for this purpose being made a little greater'at the top of the sign than at the bottom. In order to protect the direct light from thel source of illumination from reachin the eye of the observer, a screen 0 trough-s aped; is secured at the bottom of the frame 0 and this trough-shaped screen the incandescenflk bulbs or other-sources of illumination are 7b suitably placed. l In Fig. 4 provision is made for two signs; and the construction shown in this figure will be readily urfderstood without'further 4 ex lanation. 89'

n 5 the frame is made so as to be aped in cross-section and the sides f of the frame furnish suitable sign areas? To the lower end of this wedgeshaped frameis'secured a trough-shaped screen 0 and with-I in this screen the illuminating sources dare placed. Iclaim as myinvention: Y 1 In a sign, the combination of "a roll tively long and narrow stripladapted to seem or contain the sign characters and arran ed at" an inclination in the sigma plurality oglight' sources arranged at intervals along the lower 7 end. of said strip and constituting the entire means of illumination for the sign, and a as screen completely inclosing the sources of', illumination at the bottom and the sides Sl1b stantially as described. a

2. In a sign, the combination of a rela tively long and narrow wedge shaped strip-10o edit ted to secure or contain characters on the bottom and the sides substantially as deone side thereof at an inclination, a plurality scribed. 10

of light sources erranged at intervals along This specification signed and witnessed the lower end 'ljof said strip and constituting this 21st day of July 1907.

5 the entire meglnsof i-llulninationfor the sign, I WILLIAM BOOTH.

' and a,.tro ugh-sh aped screen secured to the Signed in the resenoe oflower and narrowerend'of said strip and eom- LUoIUs J. VARNEY,

ihlet'eljr covering the mggmsoi. illumination at MARJORIE ROLLINS. 

